Actuation

Festo has released the DFPC double-acting linear actuator optimized for process applications in pulp and paper, wastewater treatment, mining, and steel industries.The DFPC has been specially designed for actuating process valve types such as gate, knife-gate and pinch valves, or valve bodies without housing.

GEMÜ has added a series of pinch valves with single use capability and easy tube change-out. The Q50 eSyStep is the motorized version of the new pinch valves, also including the pneumatically operated Q30 and Q40 piston actuators, in plastic and stainless steel.

HKS, a global manufacturer of hydraulic rotary actuators, released its SA-H3 rotary actuator. With a compact design and lightweight construction, it has very few parts and is ideal for ship, pipeline, and drilling-rig applications.

Rotork, a global actuation company, received 150 orders for its intelligent electric actuators on Rotork’s Pakscan control network for the Quimica Puente Mayorga chemical processing plant in Cádiz, Spain.The plant is owned by CEPSA, a Spanish multi-national oil and gas company with operations throughout Europe.

Val-Matic’s new Ener•G Rubber Seated Ball Valve is used for surge control and energy savings in wastewater applications. The valve has self-flushing contoured ball design that complies with AWWA C507.

AIV, LP, A Houston-based global master distributor of valves and actuators, has announced that it has acquired RW Flow Controls, Inc.

Valve specialist Schubert & Salzer Control Systems have developed a compact, lightweight, and energy efficient solution with its new type 8028 sliding gate valve.With a pneumatic 80-millimetre diaphragm actuator and digital positioner, the control valve allows for a low-noise operation.

Coperion & Coperion K-Tron 4 inch valve received certification according to U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines.

The ThermOmegaTech® 3-way M/D thermostatic temperature control valves use a thermal actuator to automatically and accurately proportion flow in response to fluid temperature.

Gemü, a leading global valve specialist, has further developed its first single-use diaphragm valve GEMÜ SUMONDO. It now enables even faster and more efficient maintenance of single-use systems.